Homeworks this half term due every Wednesday -January 12th - action/adventure genre chart January 19th - storyboard an action adventure trailer January 26th - practise exam paper February 2nd - practise paper
Homework due: 11C on Tuesdays and 11B on Wednesdays Computer room lessons:
November 3rd - next week we will be writing our essays in the lesson for controlled assessment so make sure you print all the documents you need to write it. Please fill in the character description, finish the comparison from last week now that you've seen the whole film and print them out. La Haine character descriptions.docx October 20th - In today's lesson I would like you to fill in the comparison sheet to the best of your ability and upload on to your wikispace. Don't worry if there are gaps we will fill them in the lesson also. We're getting to the end of our third and last film and it's important we start drawing comparisons from the three. Begin by filling in the following comparison chart before you forget everything over half term comparison chart.docx.
Homeworks this half term, due every Wednesday by:
8th September - background research into Rebel, James Dean and the US in the 50s a paragraph on each section to set the film.
15th September - typed up DISTINCT notes for Rebel ( DISTINCT - describe in detail setting, themes, icons, narrative, characters and any significant textual analysis)
22nd September - How have Jim, Judy and Plato been represented as teenagers and what are their various relationships with adults in A Rebel Without a Cause. Looking specifically at key scenes in their homes, planetarium scenes, mansion and the race. Also look up quotes on**http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048545/quotes**to help back up your points.
29th September - complete the key scene analysis sheet attached at the top for Rebel Without a Cause using your Distinct notes to help you. Typed up and completed please!
5th October - slides finished, powerpoint presentations merged and ready on to one file, I will then upload them on to this blog. Ten minute presentations on 6th October.
12th October - research into La Haine - research who the main characters are and anything about them, the setting, themes and narratives so that you are prepared for next week.
19th October - character analysis and Distinct sheets complete
15th/16th June - analysis of three chosen adverts using 10 word annotations and connotations:
Overall description of advertisement, denotation, connotation, image, narrative, setting, characters, anchorage, audience, appeal.
Who is the ad aimed at? What is being advertised and what is specifically highlighted about the product (the benefits, USP unique spelling points)? Why this helps sell a product and where this ad might appear in order to reach its target audience.
22nd/23rd June - questionnaire designed, advert planned, shooting date confirmed, flat plan completed
7th July/8th July - photos taken
15th/16th July - adverts complete, two magazine and one billboard
AM STILL MISSING SOME CONTROLLED ASSESSMENTS PLEASE EMAIL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SEE HOMEWORKS, REMEMBER SITCOM PRESENTATIONS BEGIN TUESDAY 30TH NOVEMBER.
Hi everyone, well done on all your hard work writing up the controlled assessments, hopefully this will have given you a chance to see what you were missing, need to prepare for next time as the coursework is now written in school time. The good news is we are now going to be studying TV comedy so I will be giving you lessons on these and you will be preparing a presentation (for homework) as well as doing quite a lot of group work creating sitcoms of your own. As well as a piece of coursework on this topic you will be sitting this for your exams so it will serve as good revision for the exams in March.
Wikispaces - It's important to keep updating your wikispaces with your documents/homeworks and productions - any problems let me know. All your Rebel, Breakfast Club, La Haine docs should be on there as well as your essay when complete and your dvd and poster.
November 30th - Well today was pretty much a right off with all the snow and we're in a computer room tomorrow, if most of us are in we will be creating a schedule of sitcoms from a week's viewings.
December 1st computer room -
1) upload your controlled assessment and you dvd cover and poster with film evaluation onto your wikispace if you haven't already done so.
2) You are taking a seven day look at the comedy programmes available to us throughout the week. So have a look through http://www.tvguide.co.uk/ or http://www.radiotimes.com/ and create a chart covering the seven days of the week beginning December 1st showing type of comedy programme, channel, time and programmes shown on either side in order to establish who the audience may be.
3) Remember sitcom presentations will now move to Thursday December 2nd, so if you finish your chart in the lesson you can work on these.
Please check the students links on the left hand side and update your wikispaces. Read the note at the bottom with regards to accessing them.
Homeworks this half term, due every Wednesday by:
3rd November - no homework to hand in, just make sure you upload all your previous homeworks on to your blogs and that you change your privacy settings to the middle one. 10th November - type up answers to La Haine questions
then print out your completed comparison chart and character descriptions as you will be able to access your folders in the lesson on the 11th. This is when we will begin writing our essays in controlled assessment conditions individually. We will also have Tuesday's lesson to complete it. I will then mark them and feed back. You will then have a chance to improve it and type it up. Don't forget this piece of coursework requires your essay, dvd and poster and your teen movie evaluation. 17th November - You've all worked really hard on your assessments this week and will be typing them up in today's lesson. 24th November - Choose one (in depth) or two very different sitcoms of your choice
and fill in the year 10 sitcom analysis document, format it with pictures etc and create a powerpoint to present to the rest of the class. I will be discussing the conventions of sitcoms with you and all sorts of other comedy in order for you to complete your homework successfully. 1st December - sitcom analysis presentations ready. 8th December - tv guide listings for a week 15th December - analysis of listings
Hello and Welcome to Media studies!
I work Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays but you are welcome to email me with homeworks, queries, concerns etc at katrinabrookes@btinternet.com any time. You must bring your media pack folder to every media lesson without fail. Memorise this web address, it will contain lots of useful research and planning as well as helping you write your essays and complete your productions.
Your homeworks will be set on Wednesdays and due on Wednesdays.
We have a computer room once a fortnight and we will be carrying out a production task which will involve research, planning and two productions. One will be a dvd cover and the other a film poster. In our classroom lessons over the next few weeks we will be going through camera, editing, mise en scene and sound in film, learning how to apply the correct film terminology and analysing its uses. We will then be looking specifically at teenage representations in the cinema. That will take us to the summer holidays.
Hwk 1 due 16th June - Media Diary Hwk 2 due 23rd June - task 2 page 4 poster analysis of page 29, task 2 page 6 find at least threeother film poster examples and answer the same questions. Hwk 3 due 30th June - questionnaires completed at least 20 (don't forget should include ages 11-19 and a balance between genders. Analyse findings of audience tastes in 150 words. Hwk 4 due 7th July - look at film posters and dvd posters for research of their conventions, then draft your own onto A4. Design one film poster and one dvd cover for your new film. Hwk 5 due 14th July - dvd and film poster for new teen film.
January 19th - storyboard an action adventure trailer
January 26th - practise exam paper
February 2nd - practise paper
Homework due:
11C on Tuesdays and 11B on Wednesdays
Computer room lessons:
November 3rd - next week we will be writing our essays in the lesson for controlled assessment so make sure you print all the documents you need to write it. Please fill in the character description, finish the comparison from last week now that you've seen the whole film and print them out.
October 20th - In today's lesson I would like you to fill in the comparison sheet to the best of your ability and upload on to your wikispace. Don't worry if there are gaps we will fill them in the lesson also. We're getting to the end of our third and last film and it's important we start drawing comparisons from the three. Begin by filling in the following comparison chart before you forget everything over half term
Homeworks this half term, due every Wednesday by:
8th September - background research into Rebel, James Dean and the US in the 50s a paragraph on each section to set the film.15th September - typed up DISTINCT notes for Rebel ( DISTINCT - describe in detail setting, themes, icons, narrative, characters and any significant textual analysis)
22nd September - How have Jim, Judy and Plato been represented as teenagers and what are their various relationships with adults in A Rebel Without a Cause. Looking specifically at key scenes in their homes, planetarium scenes, mansion and the race. Also look up quotes on **http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048545/quotes** to help back up your points.
29th September - complete the key scene analysis sheet attached at the top for Rebel Without a Cause using your Distinct notes to help you. Typed up and completed please!
5th October - slides finished, powerpoint presentations merged and ready on to one file, I will then upload them on to this blog. Ten minute presentations on 6th October.
12th October - research into La Haine - research who the main characters are and anything about them, the setting, themes and narratives so that you are prepared for next week.
19th October - character analysis and Distinct sheets complete
15th/16th June - analysis of three chosen adverts using 10 word annotations and connotations:
Overall description of advertisement, denotation, connotation, image, narrative, setting, characters, anchorage, audience, appeal.
Who is the ad aimed at? What is being advertised and what is specifically highlighted about the product (the benefits, USP unique spelling points)? Why this helps sell a product and where this ad might appear in order to reach its target audience.
22nd/23rd June - questionnaire designed, advert planned, shooting date confirmed, flat plan completed
7th July/8th July - photos taken
15th/16th July - adverts complete, two magazine and one billboard
AM STILL MISSING SOME CONTROLLED ASSESSMENTS PLEASE EMAIL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SEE HOMEWORKS, REMEMBER SITCOM PRESENTATIONS BEGIN TUESDAY 30TH NOVEMBER.
Hi everyone, well done on all your hard work writing up the controlled assessments, hopefully this will have given you a chance to see what you were missing, need to prepare for next time as the coursework is now written in school time. The good news is we are now going to be studying TV comedy so I will be giving you lessons on these and you will be preparing a presentation (for homework) as well as doing quite a lot of group work creating sitcoms of your own. As well as a piece of coursework on this topic you will be sitting this for your exams so it will serve as good revision for the exams in March.
Wikispaces - It's important to keep updating your wikispaces with your documents/homeworks and productions - any problems let me know. All your Rebel, Breakfast Club, La Haine docs should be on there as well as your essay when complete and your dvd and poster.
November 30th - Well today was pretty much a right off with all the snow and we're in a computer room tomorrow, if most of us are in we will be creating a schedule of sitcoms from a week's viewings.
December 1st computer room -
1) upload your controlled assessment and you dvd cover and poster with film evaluation onto your wikispace if you haven't already done so.
2) You are taking a seven day look at the comedy programmes available to us throughout the week. So have a look through http://www.tvguide.co.uk/ or http://www.radiotimes.com/ and create a chart covering the seven days of the week beginning December 1st showing type of comedy programme, channel, time and programmes shown on either side in order to establish who the audience may be.
3) Remember sitcom presentations will now move to Thursday December 2nd, so if you finish your chart in the lesson you can work on these.
Please check the students links on the left hand side and update your wikispaces. Read the note at the bottom with regards to accessing them.
Homeworks this half term, due every Wednesday by:
3rd November - no homework to hand in, just make sure you upload all your previous homeworks on to your blogs and that you change your privacy settings to the middle one.10th November - type up answers to La Haine questions
17th November - You've all worked really hard on your assessments this week and will be typing them up in today's lesson.
24th November - Choose one (in depth) or two very different sitcoms of your choice
1st December - sitcom analysis presentations ready.
8th December - tv guide listings for a week
15th December - analysis of listings
Hello and Welcome to Media studies!
I work Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays but you are welcome to email me with homeworks, queries, concerns etc at katrinabrookes@btinternet.com any time. You must bring your media pack folder to every media lesson without fail. Memorise this web address, it will contain lots of useful research and planning as well as helping you write your essays and complete your productions.
Your homeworks will be set on Wednesdays and due on Wednesdays.
We have a computer room once a fortnight and we will be carrying out a production task which will involve research, planning and two productions. One will be a dvd cover and the other a film poster. In our classroom lessons over the next few weeks we will be going through camera, editing, mise en scene and sound in film, learning how to apply the correct film terminology and analysing its uses. We will then be looking specifically at teenage representations in the cinema. That will take us to the summer holidays.
Hwk 1 due 16th June - Media Diary
Hwk 2 due 23rd June - task 2 page 4 poster analysis of page 29, task 2 page 6 find at least threeother film poster examples and answer the same questions.
Hwk 3 due 30th June - questionnaires completed at least 20 (don't forget should include ages 11-19 and a balance between genders. Analyse findings of audience tastes in 150 words.
Hwk 4 due 7th July - look at film posters and dvd posters for research of their conventions, then draft your own onto A4. Design one film poster and one dvd cover for your new film.
Hwk 5 due 14th July - dvd and film poster for new teen film.